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Silver-bearing Galena from
Canoe Creek Occurrence, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Galena var: Silver-bearing Galena
Formula:PbS with Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Silver-bearing Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Canoe Creek Occurrence, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:578082
Long-form Identifier:1:3:578082:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Silver-bearing Galena
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CA032; on Quartz Creek), Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
23.6km (14.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CA030; on Quartz Creek), Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
24.0km (14.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CA022; on Weather Ridge), Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrences (ARDF - CA025; on south fork of Quartz Creek), Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CA014; on Weather Ridge), Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
28.4km (17.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CA020; in divide at head of Quartz Creek), Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Prospects (ARDF - CA016; at head of Quartz Creek); Saddle, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CA015; head of Kiwalik River), Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
30.8km (19.2 miles) ⓘUnnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CA011; at south end of Gossan Ridge), Fairhaven Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
65.6km (40.8 miles) ⓘOmilak Mine, Council Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey
 
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